Ancestralidade e o saber pedagógico: as vozes do sagrado afro-brasileiro na escola

Abstract

The Brazilian school curriculum has been constantly undergoing a series of changes that broaden the debate on guidelines that address ethnic-racial relations. This ethnographic research considers the analysis of the State Education Plan (PEE) of the State of Paraíba, the Municipal Education Plan (PME) of the city of Guarabira-PB and the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), in the context of ethnic-racial relations, establishing the matrix of Afro-Brazilian religiosity as a focus. Our objective is to highlight the valorization of knowledge of African-based religiosity in the school environment for the purpose of redefining the curriculum. From this perspective, we seek a dialogue between the ancestral knowledge taught at Ilê Asé Tassilonã and the ways in which this knowledge can be replicated in Early Childhood Education, exemplified by the proposals applied at Creche do Cruzeiro. To this end, one of the methodological strategies adopted is the intersection of interviews and field diary records to analyze how knowledge flows and converges, or to what extent it is absent from daily pedagogical practice. In short, the qualitative bias of the research aims to focus on the challenges of ethnic-racial education in Brazil that impede an emancipatory education that is open to differences, revealing the hidden racism in the school curriculum. In this sense, the study articulates as an educational product a textbook that provides theoretical and practical guidance for the valorization of Afro-Brazilian knowledge, with the purpose of converging knowledge that can mitigate structural prejudice and racism in the educational environment. In addition to being a didactic-pedagogical resource, the book can also be an important instrument for continuing education for teachers who seek to include Afro-Brazilian knowledge in their practice. Decolonial education needs to be present in teacher training as an ongoing action, seeking to valorize knowledge that promotes not only learning, but also strengthens our cultural and ancestral roots.